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Wise Guys

1986Movie1 h 32 minR

46

MediocreGoodWatch score

46

MediocreGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.

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Date night
Friends night
Party vibe

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Makes you laugh.

Not for scares, big ideas or tears.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 46Audiences 46GoodWatch 47
Metascore62
Tomatometer29%
IMDb5.6
Audience score42%
User score4.0
Box office
65%of its budget back
Budget
$13 M
Worldwide
$8 M
Worldwide it made back $8 M of the $13 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 32 min
A typical length for comedies, −8 min on the typical 100
typical 10092
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 19 more
Released
1986
April 17, 1986
40 years ago
Genres
ComedyCrime
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
Italian
Made in
United States
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceMild
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesLittle or none
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 54
Directing · 6
Brian De Palma Director
Joe Napolitano First Assistant Director
Ron Bozman Assistant Director
Lewis Gould Second Assistant Director
David Dreyfuss Second Unit Director
Sarah M. Brim Second Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
George Gallo Writer
Production · 6
Irwin Russo Executive Producer
Aaron Russo Producer
Dianne Crittenden Casting
Patrick McCormick Associate Producer, Unit Production Manager
Roger Paradiso Unit Production Manager
Lenny Vullo Assistant Unit Manager
Camera · 1
Fred Schuler Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Gerald B. Greenberg Editor
Sound · 1
Ira Newborn Original Music Composer
Art · 4
Edward Pisoni Production Design
Dan Perri Title Designer
Leslie Bloom Set Decoration
Paul Eads Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 4
Richard Bruno Costume Design
Richard Dean Makeup Artist
Kevin Haney Makeup Artist
Lyndell Quiyou Hairstylist
Other crew · 2
Gilbert B. Combs Stunt Coordinator
Norman Steinberg Additional Writing

Tropes

Real Men CookRare · in 18 titlesHarry and Moe, an Italian and Jewish gangsters respectively, dream of opening the world's first Jewish-Italian delicatessen.Interrupted Suicidein 728 titlesAfter believing to have killed Harry, Moe returns to his house and prepares to hang himself.All 12 tropes

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